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Canal+ Afrique secures World Cup rights
Canal+ Group’s African unit Canal+ Afrique has acquired local rights to the football World Cup…
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Chello Central Europe names new country chief
AMC Networks-owned channel provider Chello Central Europe has named Telefónica Czech Republic executive Evzen Chlanda…
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ITV hires Discovery’s Bellamy
ITV has poached Julian Bellamy from Discovery and he will replace the outgoing Denise O’Donoghue…
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Wuaki.tv strikes new smart TV deals
Over-the-top TV operator Wuaki.tv has struck partnerships with TV manufacturers Samsung, LG and Panasonic to…
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Comux switches on new transmitters for local TV
Comux, the infrastructure joint venture set up to support the launch of local digital-terrestrial TV…
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Rostelecom to begin testing new ‘national’ search engine
Russian telecom operator Rostelecom is reportedly to begin beta-testing a new home-produced search engine, Sputnik.ru,…
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Tele Columbus hires Kabel Deutschland IR chief
German cable operator Tele Columbus has named Elmar Baur as its new head of investor…
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A+E launches Lifetime in Latin America
A+E Networks Latin America has teamed up with Sony Pictures Television to launch the female-focused…
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Discover Digital secures motorsports deal ahead of South Africa OTT launch
South African digital entertainment business Discover Digital has struck a sports content deal with the…
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Volia adds Russian version of news channel to line-up
Ukrainian cable operator Volia is adding a Russian-language version of Ukrainian news channel 24 to…
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Eurosport celebrates anniversary with online commentator competition
Eurosport is launching an international online commentator contest to celebrate its 25th anniversary. European sports…
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Mobile will pull ad revenues from TV to Facebook, says Sandberg
Facebook stands to benefit from a significant shift in consumer behaviour as people spend more…
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AMC buys German pay TV channel
AMC/Sundance Channel Global has bought the German pay TV channel Kinowelt. The basic-tier movie channel…
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European internet leaders see speed improvements
European countries in the top 10 average internet speed countries globally recorded significant improvements in…
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Amazon snags HBO shows with exclusive deal
Amazon has struck an exclusive licensing deal with HBO and will carry a raft of…
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Apple TV offering compares favourably with Amazon, says Cook
Content available through the Apple TV box compares “extremely favourably” to the Amazon Fire TV…
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Spain’s Movistar TV wins exclusive football rights
Spain’s Movistar TV has secured exclusive rights to Euro 2016 and the 2018 World Cup…
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Telenet names new strategy chief
Liberty Global-backed Belgian cable operator Telenet has named Dieter Nieuwdorp as senior vice-president, strategy and…
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FremantleMedia taps BroadbandTV to manage fan-produced content
Production company FremantleMedia has tapped YouTube multichannel network (MCN) provider BroadbandTV to track and manage…
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Cyfrowy Polsat extends multi-room offering
Polish pay TV operator Cyfrowy Polsat has extended its multi-room offering to enable subscribers to…
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Access names Foster as COO
Digital and online TV platform specialist Access has promoted Neale Foster to the post of…
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BrightRoll strikes deal with DoubleClick
Video advertising platform BrightRoll has struck a deal with Google’s DoubleClick to provide buyers on…
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Irdeto opens new NOC
Content security specialist Irdeto has opened a new networks operations centre that it says provides…
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Sky Store ‘Buy & Keep’ service launches
BSkyB has launched its planned Sky Store ‘Buy & Keep’ service, allowing users to buy…
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Tumblr claims top social TV spot over Twitter
Yahoo-owned blogging platform Tumblr has staked its claim to the social TV crown after commissioning…
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TalkTalk strikes deal with FilmFlex
UK telecom operator TalkTalk has struck a deal with white label video-on-demand aggregator FilmFlex Movies…
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SVT launches OTT service
Swedish pubcaster SVT has launched its own over-the-top service, SVT Flow. The web TV service…
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Ukraine to create new unified public broadcaster
The Ukrainian parliament has voted to merge the countries national TV and radio companies within…
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AT&T and Peter Chernin launch US$500 million OTT offensive
US telco AT&T and Peter Chernin’s Chernin Group said yesterday they will invest US$500 million…
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Poland’s ipla on Toshiba smart TVs
Cyfrowy Polsat-owned OTT TV platform ipla is now available on smart TVs from Toshiba following…